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The Department Of War Chords by Jesse Welles

The Department Of War chords by Jesse Welles

Guitar chords with lyrics

[Verse 1]
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Well, there's a bloated inefficient bureaucratic mass
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Run by a mediocre soldier quasi-general ass
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A diabolical office of death and waste
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Run by a weekend anchor with a desperate rage
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It's a big black hole, a trillion dollars deep
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Funneling money to the Pentagon welfare queens
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You got your Lockheed Martin, Raytheon (RTX), Boeing
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Northrop Grumman and the list keeps going


[Verse 2]
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Now, a government contract keeps the salary high
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The quality low, the competition light
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If DOGE looked funny, what did you expect?
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Elon was getting a check for the old SpaceX
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They're making tanks and guns, software to spy
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You know, a Tomahawk missile's just a Werther's Original
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For an empire in decline
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Murdering people from a distance with a Hellfire rocket
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Quarter million bucks a pop out of the people's pocket
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Folks back home are sick, getting sicker
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Hey Pete, bomb the poor in the south, it'd be a whole lot
quicker
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If you're feeling inadequate, a little bit small
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Give your big boy order, kill them all kill them all


[Chorus]
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The DOD, the DOW, you can call it whatever you want
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War is a racket, no matter how you stack it
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Making treasure and gold out of poor man's blood


[Verse 3]
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Revolving doors, campaign contributions
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Writing congressmen checks for policy influence
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And if you lose your seat, buddy don't get blue
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The lobby that bought you's got an office for you
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They appeal to your morals, appeal to your fears
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Say folks far away are a threat to you here
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There's a malignant tumor in our nation's guts
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Our own department of defense is a threat to us


[Chorus]
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The DOD, the DOW, you can call it whatever you want
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War is a racket, no matter how you stack it
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Making treasure and gold out of poor man's blood


[Outro]
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